Thursday, July 30, 2009

So, I should preface this list with an explanation. Our house is not for sale! It is not listed with a realtor, nor is there a FSBO sign in the yard, NOTHING. With the way the market currently is and the way house values in our area have dropped we would be luck to get out of it what we still owe on it. Other pertinent info is that I got laid off in March with no chance of recall. My husband is retired from Delphi so his retirement income is subject to change - and not in a good way. So when someone delivers a potential buyer to the front door of your house, I think you have to assume it might be a God thing. We showed the house yesterday and I have very mixed feelings about it. Thus, the list:

The Good

A smaller house payment would be awesome!

A smaller house to clean would be great.

If moving means getting away from the mutant bugs that seem to have appeared this summer that would be good with me.

A place with less stairs would probably be a good thing - especially long-term.

Moving would force us to get rid of some of our excess stuff.

A new place would undoubtedly have less flower beds to weed.

The Bad

I would have to leave all the perennial flowers I have planted that are finally naturalizing the front yard.

I'd be leaving my five acres of woods with the deer and owl and funny little lizards.

We built most of this house ourselves - we have a lot of blood, sweat, and tears invested.

The decks, the fire pit, the outdoor kitchen...

We'd have to get rid of a bunch of stuff - it's not the stuff so much as the deciding what to keep and what to do with the rest - sell, donate, or burn in the fire pit.

Where would we (and Gracie the 100 lb. Rottweiler) go from here exactly?

The Ugly

The actual process of moving. I hate it. The packing, the unpacking, the sorting, the storing, the lifting, the hauling, the upheaval.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Sunday, July 12, 2009

The truth is that we may have one sin acting as the biggest obstacle to freedom, the simplest sin we don't even notice - thinking that our past is too overwhelming for God to do anything about.
-excerpt from Finding Freedom From a Broken Past/Women of Faith

Thursday, July 9, 2009

This post is late because I spent the morning getting a new cell phone in Dante's first level of hell - otherwise known as the Vrzn store. During the waiting process I determined that I have a love/hate relationship with technology...

Ilovethat I can call my friend in Kazakhstan on the phone and talk to her like she is just across town.

I hate getting a new cell phone and trying to figure it all out - again!

I lovethat my new phone has a QWERTY keyboard.

I hate that you lose your ringtones when you switch phones just so they can charge you for them yet again.

I lovethat the inside screen lets me do a slide show for wallpaper so I can have photos of all the grandbabies.

I hatethat the screen on the outside is so tiny that the time covers up most of any picture you put on there- I wasn't willing to pay the $30 more for a screen that was larger by half an inch.

I love DVD's so you don't have to worry about the "tape" breaking or stretching if you play the same movie over and over.

I hate myriad of remotes required to operate the TV, DVD player, surround sound, and Dish.

I hate the rate at which said camera goes through batteries. (Yes, I have rechargables which seem to run down at the same rate whether they are in the camera or out of it. So much for carrying backup batteries.)

I loveFacebook and connecting with old friends and getting a message from a boy (man) who remembered me as his first kiss in 4th grade!

I hate feeling like I have to check Facebook regularly because no one under 40 will pick up the phone to call and tell you something - they just post it.

I LOVE that I can have a blog and share what's on my mind and in my world and also learn about you and yours.

Be advised...

About Me

I chose "Like a Rose" because a rose is a lot like me. It has many layers(petals)and can be pretty or prickly or both at the same time. It is also symbolic to me in that Christ "rose" from the grave to save me. I am a follower of Jesus, a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother and a grandmother. I love traveling, music, reading and challenges. .